The
Lights 
Lementino
Zuni Bear Family Fetish Carving
This wonderful bear family is full of life and light.
The strong, patient parents allow themselves to be used as a jungle gym while the oldest cub helps provide support.
Carved from white marble and alabaster, the bears have turquoise eyes.
Carved by Zuni artist Ed Lementino and comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
What
a great commemoration for a family !
The
Lights - Zuni Bear Family
Fetish Carvings
$115 plus s/h
Material | White marble, alabaster, turquoise, Penn shell and white shell. |
Length | 3" |
Height | 1 3/4" |
Width | 2 1/4" |
Artist | Ed Lementino, Zuni |
The
Lights bear family is held together with a
wonderful power bundle of
Penn Shell and
White Shell heishi with turquoise nuggets.
What is a Fetish? A fetish is a rock carving of an animal that captures the spirit and the essence of the animal, not necessarily its exact detailed conformation. A double fetish represents relationship and unity. Read more about fetishes.
Bear. The bear is a symbol of strength and deliberate action, introspection, soul and insight for the past and the future.
Medicine Bundle. Many fetishes have a medicine bundle, offering bundle, or adornment tied on the back of the animal that can consists of coral seed beads, shell heishi, feathers and other stone pieces. These may be used as an offering to the fetish, to evoke the spirit of the fetish or to increase the strength of a fetish.
Alabaster.
Also call gypsum, alabaster is a fine-grained, calcium-rich white mineral that
looks somewhat like white marble. It has historically been quarried in England
and Italy but there are fine Alabaster quarries in Colorado as well.
Read
more about stones.